Fingerprinting techniques investigation to detect petroleum hydrocarbon origin in coastal sediments of Persian Gulf

• Main Authors: Kakhki, Fatemeh Valizadeh, Zakaria, Mohamad Pauzi, Mohammadi, Mehdi Zadeh, Aris, Ahmad Zaharin, Tajik, Hassan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2020
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89022/1/POLY.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89022/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10406638.2018.1441885?journalCode=gpol20

Persian Gulf coasts are subjected to different sources of petroleum pollution. This paper enhanced fingerprinting method of applying biomarkers polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and n-alkanes in identifying the distribution of oil spills and petroleum products. A total of 18 samples were colle...